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Ministers will today announce a crackdown on school exclusions after it emerged 35 children are told to leave permanently every day and many come from gypsy or traveller backgrounds.

As part of the first country-wide racial equality review ever undertaken Theresa May will announce plans to look into why so many children are excluded and why ethnicity plays a role, alongside a review of equality in prisons and within the benefit system.

In a Cabinet meeting this morning the Prime Minister will say there is now "nowhere to hide" for Government and public services.

She will say: "Britain has come a long way in my lifetime in spreading equality and opportunity. But the data we are publishing today...